Indeed, the “crying makeup” trend is the epitome of all that is wrong with the sad girl aesthetic, which has been around for almost 10 years now. With its sad, ethereal, and impossibly perfect ...

The answer is simple: The sad girl aesthetic is not an annually adopted aesthetic, but rather, has come to define the culture we live in. Sad Girl Autumn is simply a seasonal flavor of something ...

affectionately labelled ‘sad girl’ era. I mean, the girl inspired ‘driver’s license’. Olivia Rodrigo caught onto the potential the rest of the internet would soon fall in love with ...

This is one factor behind the birth of the “sad girl” aesthetic. While it seems there's a new way to live being preached on the daily, this particular emotional trend rubbed some the wrong way.